Alaska earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 43 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska on Thu, Feb 22, 2018, 6:49 AM AKST (15:49 UTC), 74 km (46 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 112 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ml), micro
Local time: Thu, Feb 22, 2018, 6:49 AM AKST
UTC: 2018-02-22 15:49:54 UTC
Depth: 74.2 km (46.1 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 54.887° N, 161.704° W
Region: Alaska
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.7 km horizontally, 9.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 160°
Stations used: 34

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

King Cove, AlaskaPopulation 1,009. Forecast44 kmESE

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 74.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d9xk (also filed as ak18490447, ak0182fwpikm). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:38 AM UTC.